MEET THE AWARD WINNERS

Outstanding Performance by an Artist(s)

Phelani Ndakroka

SOUTH AFRICA

Outstanding Digital Production

Moya – Zip Zap Circus & Sabine Van Rensburg, Brin Schoellkopf, Samuel Renaud
SOUTH AFRICA, CANDA, UNITED STATES

Outstanding Achievement in Design

Outstanding Achievement in Circography

The Pulse – Gravity & Other Myths
AUSTRALIA

Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy

Se prendre – LION LION
CANADA
Claudel Doucet, Cooper Lee Smith & Félix-Antoine Boutin

Outstanding Achievement in Design

The Pulse – Gravity & Other Myths
AUSTRALIA

Lighting and Set Design Geoff Cobham
Composer Ekrem Eli Pheonix

Outstanding Emerging Company

Sweat & Ink – Cirque Barcode
CANADA

.Outstanding Production

The Pulse – Gravity & Other Myths
AUSTRALIA

Special Award Honoree – Community Impact Award

Uncle Junior Project – Veronica Blair
UNITED STATES

Audience Choice Award

AURA – Cirko Alebrije

MEXICO

CircusTalkCritics’ Choice Award

MEET THE NOMINEES

Outstanding Performance by an Artist(s)

La Galerie – Machine de Cirque
CANADA
Pauline Bonanni

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Moya – Zip Zap Circus & Sabine Van Rensburg, Brin Schoellkopf, Samuel Renaud
SOUTH AFRICA, CANDA, UNITED STATES

Phelelani Ndakrokra

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O’DD – Race Horse Company
FINLAND
Rauli Dahlberg

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Passagers – Les 7 doigts de la main
CANADA
Sereno Aguilar, Sabine Van Rensburg + Cast

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Sweat & Ink – Cirque Barcode
CANADA
Barcode company

Outstanding Digital Production

Circus Days and Nights – Cirkus Cirkör
SWEDEN

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Moya – Zip Zap Circus & Sabine Van Rensburg, Brin Schoellkopf, Samuel Renaud
SOUTH AFRICA, CANDA, UNITED STATES

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Out Of Order – Les 7 doigts de la main
CANADA

.Outstanding Achievement in Design

A Deer in the Headlights – Cirque Le Roux
FRANCE

Costume Creation: Clarisse Baudinière 
Lighting Design: Pierre Berneron 
Sound Design: Jean-Marie Canoville
Set Design: MOA, Benoit Art&Oh
Cirque Le Roux

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Circus Days and Nights – Cirkus Cirkör
SWEDEN

Music: Philip Glass
Libretto: David Henry Hwang & Tilde Björfors
Based on the poems of Robert Lax
Conductor: Minna Weurlander
Director & Concept: Tilde Björfors
Set & costume: Magdalena Åberg
Choreography: Simon Wiborn & Methinee Wongtrakoon
Light: Ellen Ruge & Robert Hvenström
Sound: Avgoustos Psillas
Rigging design: Saar Rombout

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Moya – Zip Zap Circus & Sabine Van Rensburg, Brin Schoellkopf, Samuel Renaud
SOUTH AFRICA, CANDA, UNITED STATES

Costumes: Christine Chapman, Portia Kewana & Belinda Weeber
Lighting Design: Mosuli Ntshonga & Sabine Van Rensburg

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Passagers – Les 7 doigts de la main
CANADA

Scenography Ana Cappelluto
Musical Director Colin Gagné
Video Designer Johnny Ranger
Lighting Designer Éric Champoux
Costume Designer Camille Thibault-Bédard

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The Pulse – Gravity & Other Myths
AUSTRALIA

Lighting and Set Design Geoff Cobham
Composer Ekrem Eli Pheonix

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Outstanding Achievement in Circography

La Galerie – Machine de Cirque
CANADA
Overall Direction and Choreography: Olivier Lépine

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Passagers – Les 7 doigts de la main
CANADA
Original idea: Shana Carroll
Direction and choreography: Shana Carroll
Assisted by: Isabelle Chassé

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Se prendre – LION LION
CANADA
Claudel Doucet, Cooper Lee Smith & Félix-Antoine Boutin

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Sweat & Ink – Cirque Barcode
CANADA
Director: Jean-Pierre Cloutier
Artistic Direction: barcode
Eric Bates, Alexandra Royer, Eve Bigel, Tristan Nielsen

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The Pulse – Gravity & Other Myths
AUSTRALIA
Director: Darcy Grant and
the Gravity & Other Myths Ensemble

Outstanding Emerging Company

La Vrille du Chat – Back Pocket
BELGIUM
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Piste, piste, piste – Portmanteau
FINLAND

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RAVEN – still hungry
GERMANY

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Se prendre – LION LION
CANADA

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Sweat & Ink – Cirque Barcode
CANADA

.Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy

Passagers – Les 7 doigts de la main
CANADA
Shana Carroll

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RAVEN – still hungry
GERMANY
Writing: still hungry 
Creative support: Bryony Kimmings 
Co-Direction: Rachel Hameleers 

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Se prendre – LION LION
CANADA

Claudel Doucet
Cooper Lee Smith
Félix-Antoine Boutin

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Sweat & Ink – Cirque Barcode
CANADA
Director: Jean-Pierre Cloutier
Artistic Direction: barcode
Eric Bates, Alexandra Royer, Eve Bigel, Tristan Nielsen

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The Pulse – Gravity & Other Myths
AUSTRALIA
Darcy Grant

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Circus Days and Nights – Cirkus Cirkör
SWEDEN
Libretto: David Henry Hwang & Tilde Björfors
Director & Concept: Tilde Björfors

.Outstanding Production

Circus Days and Nights – Cirkus Cirkör
SWEDEN

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La Galerie – Machine de Cirque
CANADA

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Moya – Zip Zap Circus & Sabine Van Rensburg, Brin Schoellkopf, Samuel Renaud
SOUTH AFRICA, CANDA, UNITED STATES

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O’DD – Race Horse Company
FINLAND

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Out Of Order – Les 7 doigts de la main
CANADA

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Passagers – Les 7 doigts de la main
CANADA

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Serge Fiori, Seul Ensemble – Cirque Éloize
CANADA

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SIX° – FLIP Fabrique
CANADA

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Sweat & Ink – Cirque Barcode
CANADA

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The Pulse – Gravity & Other Myths
AUSTRALIA

Special Award Honoree – Community Impact Award

Uncle Junior Project – Veronica Blair
UNITED STATES

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CircusTalk Critics Choice Award

.Audience Choice Award

Awarded to an overall production as chosen through voting by the general public. Links are provided to many Audience Choice Nominee profile pages & trailers below. Once you choose your nominee, visit the international Circus Awards Audience Choice Nominees page to vote HERE.

9.811 – Fundacja Sztukmistrze (Sztukmistrze Foundation)

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¿Que Paso? – Fuerza Volante

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12th Night – Yes Ma’am Circus

A Deer in the Headlights – Cirque Le Roux

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AURA – Cirko Alebrije

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Bite Club – Briefs Factory

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Blizzard – FLIP Fabrique

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BOHEMIA – Noah Dach

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.Brave Space – Aloft Circus Arts

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Cara Vita: A Clown Concerto – Felicity Hesed

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CASTING OFF – A GOOD CATCH CIRCUS

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.Circus Days and Nights – Cirkus Cirkör

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Different Trains – The Muse Brooklyn/ ABCirque

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Disappearing Island – Formosa Circus Art

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.Dreams of the Small Gods – Zinnia Oberski

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Féria L’attraction – FLIP Fabrique

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Glob – Les Foutoukours

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Gradient – Fundacja Sztukmistrze (Sztukmistrze Foundation)

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.HOTEL – Cirque Éloize

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I Want To Touch You – Gravity & Other Myths

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Ikigai – razão de viver Instituição de Incentivo à Criança e ao Adolescente de Mogi Mirim (ICA)

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It’s Not Me, It’s You: A Paradise Lost Reimagining – Yes Ma’am Circus

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La Esperanza – La Gata Cirko

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La Famille GoldenCrust – Les Deux de Pique

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.La Galerie – Machine de Cirque

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La Vrille du Chat – Back Pocket

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Life-Cycle – DynamO Théâtre and collectif À deux roux

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Limb(e)s – Ci

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Mandragora – Jan Jedenak – Theatre of figural forms

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Melancholic Mambo – Thunar Circus

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Moln – Kompani Giraff

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MOSS – Formosa Circus Art

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Moya – Zip Zap Circus & Sabine Van Rensburg, Brin Schoellkopf, Samuel Renaud

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Nowhere – Hybrid Movement Company

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.O’DD – Race Horse Company

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.Omnium: A Bold New Circus presents A Celebration of Diversity – Omnium: A Bold New Circus

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.Oro (móvil) – Circo Dragón / ELCIRCA (Escuela latinoamericana de circo y artes )

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Out Of Chaos – Gravity & Other Myths

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.Out Of Order – Les 7 doigts de la main

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Passagers – Les 7 doigts de la main

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Piste, piste, piste – Portmanteau

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RagTag: A Circus in Stitches – Cirque Us

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RAVEN – still hungry

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RISA-Friction – RISA- Riia Kivimäki & Saku Mäkelä

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Rustic – Cíclicus Espectacles

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Se prendre – LION LION

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Serge Fiori, Seul Ensemble – Cirque Éloize

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SIX° – FLIP Fabrique

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Sweat & Ink – Cirque Barcode

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T∞KY∞ -Too good to be Bug – SLOW CIRCUS PROJECT

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The Denial This is Forever – Eric McGill

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The Pulse – Gravity & Other Myths

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The Room on The Country of Last Things

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The Tao Line – The Muse Brooklyn/ ABCirque

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The Void Is Full of Stuff – Co. Nós No Bambu/ Poema Mühlenberg

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What Am I Worth – Extraordinary Bodies (the partnership between Diverse City and Cirque Bijou)

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WIR WOLLEN NIE NIE NIE – Raum 305

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Wukong: Before the Journey to the West – Formosa Circus Art

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You & I – Casus Circus

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